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"He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, Lest they should see with their eyes, And perceive with their heart, And would turn, And I would heal them."
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The Nature of Hardened Hearts
Commentators explain that God's 'blinding' and 'hardening' are not arbitrary acts to prevent belief. Instead, they describe a 'judicial hardening'—a divine judgment that follows persistent, willful rejection of the truth. When people repeatedly refuse the light God provides, the natural and spiritual consequence is a hardened heart, a state where belief becomes impossible. The responsibility originates with human unbelief.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He has blinded their eyes. The expression in Isaiah is, Go, make the heart of this people fat, and shut their eyes. That is, go a…
He hath blinded (τετυφλωκεν). Perfect active indicative of τυφλοω, old causative verb to make blind (from τυφλος, blind), in N.T. …
19th Century
Anglican
He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart...—These words are quoted three times in the New Testament. Our Lord,…
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Baptist
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, wh…
Not only did prophecy describe unbelief, it also explained it. Why should the hearers of Jesus not believe in him when the signs so unmistakably ac…
16th Century
Protestant
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart. This passage is taken from Isaiah 6:9, where the Lord forewarns the prophet that the…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart It is of no great moment, whether the he, who is said to blind a…
Observe the method of conversion implied here. Sinners are brought to see the reality of divine things, to have some knowledge of them, and to be c…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Evangelist gave many examples of Christ’s glory, because of which the Jews sought to kill Him out of envy. Now he deals with a…